Cabinet.



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No. 739,729. PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903. B. w. SHOLTY. CABINET.

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Fatented September 22, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN WESLEY SHOLTY, or DECATUR, INDIANA.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,729, datedSeptember 22, 1903. Application filed October 10, 1902. Serial No.126,726. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJ MIN WESLEY SHOLTY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Decatur, in the county of Adams and State ofIndiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cabinets designed especially fortype-writers; and the invention consists'incertain novel constructionsand combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet closed,as when not in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the'cabinet open foruse, parts being broken away and others shown in section. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section of theupper portion of the cabinet onabout line 3 3 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a front elevatiompart in section, ofthe upper portion of the cabinet, one of the side shelves or leavesbeing lowered and the other raised to position for use and supported bythe bracket. Fig. 5 is a detail inverted perspective view of a portionof the cabinet, showing one of the shelves drawn forward to positionforces and in which position it will'be supported by the hingedspring-actuated bracket. Fig. 6 is a detail front elevation of thecopy-holder. Fig. 7 is a'detail sectional viewillust'rating thehandle-knob for operating the copy-holder. .Fig. 8 is a detail view ofthe pivoted prop for tilting the case, and Fig. 9 ,is a detail view ofone of the socket-plates for use'with the handle-knob shown in Fig. 7 orwith the prop shown in Fig. 8.

The cabinet A is in general respects in the form of a case of drawershaving the framing B andthe drawers 0, which slide into and out ofposition for: use in the ordinary manner. The cabinet is also'providednear its top with a sliding board D, which slides in guides D into andout of position for use, as will beunderstood from Figs. 1, 2, and 3.The board D has a handle D at its outer end. I also provide the cabinetat its upper end and above the slide D with a sliding board E, whichslides at E in guides in the framing, and has at its outer end a handleE and is provided at such end with the lateral extensions E which abutthe frame, as shown in.

Fig. 1, when the parts are closed. This top slide E'carries the case Ffor covering the type-writing machine, such case being pivoted at F andbeing provided at its edge F opposite'the hinges F, with acopy-holder G,hinged at G, so it can be adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 3 whenthe case is closed and to the position shown in Fig; 2 when the case isopened. To operate the holder G to its'dilferent positions,I provide ashaftH, having a crank-arm H, provided at its outer end with a pin Hentering a groove G in one side of the copy-holder, so the swinging ofthe arm H will adjust the copy-holder from the position shown in'Fig. 3to that shown in Fig. 2, and vice versa. The shaft H journals at H inthe side of the case F and is provided outside the said case with ahandleknob I, which is movable longitudinally on the shaft and is keyedto the same, so it may turn the shaft and also be moved longitudinallyto enable its adjustment into and out of locked position. On the case Isecure opposite' the inner end of the knob I a socketplate J, havingsockets J, into suitable ones of which a stud I on the inner end of theknob I may be adjusted to secure the said knob, and with it the shaft Hand the copyholder H, operated thereby, in different adj ustments. Aspring K operates to hold the knob I, with its stud I, in the sockets Jof the plate J, and yet permits the knob to be moved outward to-releasethe stud I from the socket J.

It sometimes becomes desirable to throw the copy-holder G forward, asindicated in Fig. 2. This may be accomplished by means of the prop L,(shown in Fig. 8 and in Fig. 2,) the said prop being securedto the innerend of the handle-knob L, similar in construction to the knob I, andhaving a pinor stud corresponding to the stud I of the knob I, operatingin connection with a socket-plate Lflsimi:

with shelves or leaves M, which when raised to the position shown inFigs. 2 and and at the right in Fig. 4 stand in' the same plane as theslide E and when drawn forward, as shown at the left in Fig. 2,alongside'the slide E form lateral extensions of the top provided by thesaid slide, as desired. The shelvesM are hinged to and slidable alongthe cabinet, being provided at their inner edges with eyes M, whichembrace and slide along and'also turn upon rods N, secured to the frameof the cabinet, as best shown in Fig. 5, cushions O,

of rubber or other suitable material,being provided to ease the jar orshock of the brackets M when they are drawn forward to the positionshown in Fig. 5 or pushed back to the position shown in Fig. l, as willbe understood from the drawings. For supporting the shelves when raisedand drawn forward, as shown in Fig. 5, I provide the brackets P, havingtheir upright arms connected by a springhinge P with the cabinet, so thesaid brackets will normally stand in against the side of the cabinet andbeneath the projecting ledges l) of the framing at the sides of thecabinet, as shown at the left in Fig. 4, so the said brackets will notinterfere with the shelf M hanging down, as shown in the said Fig. 4.The horizontal arm P of the bracket P has its outer end connected by achain P or other suitable connection with the shelf M, so the said shelfas it is drawn forward will draw the bracket against the tension of itsspring P out to the position shown in Fig. 5 and at the right in Fig. 4,in which position it will firmly support theshelf M, as desired. It willalso be noticed that when the shelf is pushed back from the positionshown in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 1 the tension of the connection Pwill be released and the spring P will operate to throw the bracket backto the position shown at the left in Fig. 4, so the shelf M may hang asillustrated in the said figure.

By the described construction it will be seen I provide a cabinetsupplied with numerous drawers and above the same with a sliding boardwhich can be drawn out, as shown in Fig. 3, for use as a desk, and alsoabove the said slide D with a slide E, which in use carries thetype-writing machine and the case therefor, the latter being providedwith a copy-holder which can be adjusted into and out of position foruse and with a propfor tilting the case to bring the copy-holder nearerto the eye when desired and also provide the cabinet with side shelveswhich can be drawn forward to form lateral extensions of the topprovided by the slide E and will as they are so drawn forwardautomatically adjust their supporting-brackets into position to hold thesaid shelves up in position for use, as is dey sired, such bracketsbeing spring-actuated, so

they will automatically turn out of the way of the shelves when thelatter are pushed back to the position shown in Fig. 1.

It will be noticed that the shelves or leaves Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A cabinet substantially as herein described comprising the framing,the board sliding in the framing, the opposite side shelves hinged atone edge to and movable longitudinally at such edge along the framing,the brackets for'supporting the shelves or leaves when raised toposition for use, and spring-hinges for said brackets whereby they willbe normally closed, and devices connect ing the brackets and theirrespective shelves whereby as each shelf is drawn forward to positionfor use, it will adjust its bracket to position for supporting suchshelf substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the framing of a shelf hinged at one edgethereto and movable at such edge longitudinally along the framing, aswinging bracket for supporting the shelf when raised, and means wherebythe shelf when drawn forward to position for use may adjust its bracketto position to support such shelf substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the'framing of a shelf hinged at one edgethereto and slidable at such edge along the framing whereby the shelfmay be adjusted to project in advance of the framing, means forsupporting the shelf in horizontal position when so adjusted, anddevices connecting the shelf and its supporting means whereby themovement of the shelf to its advancedsposition will adjust thesupporting means to position to support the shelf, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination in a cabinet of the framing, a board slidinglongitudinally in said framing and arranged for adjustment to projectbeyond the said framing, and aside shelf hinged at one edgeto theframing and slidable at such edge longitudinally along the framingwhereby it may be adjusted to pro- .ject beyond the framing like thesaid sliding board, means for supporting the shelf when so adjusted anddevices connecting the shelf and its supporting means whereby themovement of the shelf to its advanced posi- ICC IIO

tion will adjust the supporting means to position to support the shelfsubstantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the framing and a hinged and sliding shelf of abracket for supporting the shelf, and spring devices for clossliding andturning on said rod, a hinged bracket for supporting the shelf andarranged to turn in out of the way of the shelf when to not in use, aspring for holding the bracket normally out of position for use andconnections between the shelf and the bracket whereby as the shelf isadvanced on its supporting-rods it will draw the bracket against thetension of its spring into position to supr 5 port the shelfsubstantially as set forth.

BENJAMIN WESLEY SHOLTY. Witnesses:

EDWARD X. EHINGER, JOSEPH S. MASON.

